Mirza Klimenta PhD
Senior Data Scientist
Experience
Sep 2023 - Present
1 year 10 monthsSenior Data Scientist
Freelancer
Aug 2021 - Aug 2023
2 years 1 month Munich, Germany
Senior Data Scientist
Bayerischer Rundfunk/.pub
- Research on state-of-the-art developments in Recommender Systems in media (audio-, video- and textual content)
- Implementation of a Recommender System powering ARD Audiothek (one one Germany's most popular audio-on-demand platforms). The deployed production model has 15% higher precision than the previous
- NLP projects: entity recognition and redundancy removal
Jun 2020 - Jul 2021
1 year 2 months Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Data Scientist
Yewno/Entropy387
- Research on and implementation of graph-based stock-market prediction models
- Pricing engine implementation (achieved a 10% improvement of MAE with respect to the previous model)
Jun 2018 - May 2019
1 year Rome, Italy
Post-Doc
Roma Tre University
- Research on Graph Morphing Algorithms
- Implementation of Graph Drawing Algorithms
Apr 2014 - May 2016
2 years 2 months Karlsruhe, Germany
Software Engineer
Visteon (former Johnson Controls)
- (Re)implementation of a testing software
- Implementation of Finite State Machines
- Code generation
Summary
Mirza Klimenta received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Konstanz (Germany) at age 25. While in academia, Mirza worked in the fields of dimension reduction and graph embedding, and his work has been recognized by the scientific community. As a (Senior) Data Scientist, Mirza focuses on Recommender Systems, Pricing Engines and Algorithm Engineering. His most notable work is in the design and implementation of a Recommender System powering ARD Audiothek. He is also a writer of literary fiction.
Languages
Bosnian
Native
English
Advanced
German
Advanced
Education
Nov 2009 - Dec 2013
University of Konstanz
Ph.D. · Computer Science · Konstanz, Germany · Magna Cum Laude
Oct 2005 - Jun 2009
University of Buckingham
B.Sc. · Computer Science · Buckingham, United Kingdom · 9.96/10, 98/100
Oct 2005 - Jun 2009
University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology
B.Sc. · Computer Science · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 9.96/10, 98/100
Certifications & licenses
Personalized Recommendations at Scale
Designing State of the Art Recommender Systems
Similar Freelancers
Discover other experts with similar qualifications and experience